ninja theory

Guys! It’s episode fifty! We made it! So bust out the champagne while listening to this very special episode where we talk exclusively about games. There’s a lot of video games coming out around this season, and its hard to cover them all. However, we’re doing our very best to give you, our loyal listeners, our thoughts on some of the hottest titles that are coming out. So what games are we going to discuss this time? Let’s go down the list. We have Halo 4, the latest game in the popular franchise helmed by a new studio: 343 Industries. We also get into the new DMC demo, which is also a popular series being handled by a new developer. This time it’s Ninja Theory pulling the reins. Next is Assassin’s Creed 3. Then Chris plays Persona 4 Golden, a handheld J-RPG, and actually likes it. No, really. It’s weird. Finally, we fellate The Walking Dead by Telltale Games a little bit more as we give out final thoughts on the first season.

OK, DmC is looking better every trade show. No, really, I mean it. I think I’m finally beginning to like this game despite the backlash. Technically. Kinda. Sorta. Bah, whatever.

Though I’m still backing up the whole “Dante looks like Hayden Christensen whatnot” fiasco because, well, he’s not the Dante we all grew up with. Imagine Solid Snake being redesigned into a young, caucasian man with girly hair… how would you feel!? Oh wait…

This week on The Lost Level… Gamescom! Check out this special episode where the guys will be discussing a lot of interesting news from this year’s largest games event that isn’t labelled “E3″. Topics include the recent PS3 price drop, the new Wii and PSP models, Escape Plan for the PlayStation Vita, tons of new trailers for upcoming games (Mass Effect 3, Uncharted 3, DmC, etc.), and a bunch-bunch more!

Then there’s also other, hot gaming-related topics such as GameStop’s console streaming service and Hideo Kojima’s “trolling” Tweet about Zone of the Enders 3DS (or was it 3DZ?). Hey Hideo, tell us something we don’t know will ya?

And finally there’s the movie-news segment where they’ll be talking about The Avengers and its recent D23 presence, new Pixar movies, the Ghost Rider 2 trailer, Ridley Scott’s new Blade Runner outing, dinosaurs(!) AND Resident Evil: Retribution’s casting issues.